Deal is designed to counter perceived threat from Beijing but analysts in China say it could push region closer to conflict
to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines on Monday, the reaction in China was both outrage and confusion.
China’s navy already has six nuclear-powered submarines that can fire torpedoes and cruise missiles, according to Nuclear Threat Initiative, a US non-profit organisation. But Chinese state media has accused the “If Pakistan transferred [nuclear technology] to another country that would be condemned,” says Wang Huiyao, the president of the Center for China and Globalization , a thinktank in Beijing. “So I don’t know why on this one we’re not hearing much international criticism”.
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